Gibsonville vs Pleasant Garden

A side-by-side comparison of Gibsonville and Pleasant Garden: population, income, housing, and more.

Gibsonville and Pleasant Garden are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gibsonville has the higher population (9,289 vs 4,989 in Pleasant Garden). Gibsonville has the higher median household income ($105,981 vs $88,482 in Pleasant Garden). Gibsonville has the higher median home value ($262,400 vs $212,700 in Pleasant Garden).

Population, income & housing

	Gibsonville	Pleasant Garden
Population	9,289	4,989
Median age	41.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,981	$88,482
Median home value	$262,400	$212,700
Median gross rent	$865	$1,114
Housing units	3,977	2,244
Homeownership rate	83.4%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibsonville	Pleasant Garden
Population	7,127 → 9,289 (+30.3%)	4,837 → 4,989 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$66,761 → $105,981 (+58.7%)	$65,614 → $88,482 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $262,400 (+50.8%)	$171,700 → $212,700 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $865 (+7.2%)	$806 → $1,114 (+38.2%)

Gibsonville

Population

7,1279,289

Median household income

$66,761$105,981

Median home value

$174,000$262,400

Median gross rent

$807$865

Pleasant Garden

Population

4,8374,989

Median household income

$65,614$88,482

Median home value

$171,700$212,700

Median gross rent

$806$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibsonville	Pleasant Garden
Under 5	4.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	17.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	6.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	12.1%
75 and over	8.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibsonville	Pleasant Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	77.6%
Black or African American	22.6%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibsonville	Pleasant Garden
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	20.9%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibsonville	Pleasant Garden
Drove alone	79.6%	81.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	11.7%
Other means	2.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibsonville	Pleasant Garden
1-unit, detached	84.0%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Gibsonville	Pleasant Garden
Poverty rate	8.4%	9.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	2002	1979